So you want to know a little bit about me? That is probably why you are here! Well, we can start at the beginning. I was born and raised in South Hill, Virginia, the only child of C.W. and Leslie Bing. During my childhood, I took a lot of things apart to learn how they worked, and sometimes put them back together! At the same time, I had an immense fascination with technology, specifically computers. Our first family computer was a Gateway 2000 running Windows 95. It had a Pentium II, four gigabytes of hard disk space, and Myst (oh, the nostalgia!). I had a few older computers before this one, but I consider this to be the point where my interests began.
It did not take long for me to poke around the computer to figure out how it worked, and I ended up having to re-install Windows a time or two (or three). Having a computer in the house at such an early age set in motion my passion for hardware and software.
A few years later, I found myself building computers for myself and my friends, and I loved it! There was always something to tweak, upgrade, or fix! Between playing video games and school, I dabbled with creating websites in FrontPage (don’t hate) and eventually Dreamweaver (before they were bought by Adobe). No lie, they were terrible, even for early internet standards, but I pressed on and continued to learn everything I could.
After graduating high school I moved to Yorktown, Virginia to start community college. Meanwhile, my parents founded Water for the Oppressed and moved to Zambia, Africa. I continued to attend college and eventually found myself losing interest in going to school. I knew that I did not want to work entry-level jobs for the rest of my life, so I joined the Air Force in 2011 as an Aircraft Armament Systems Technician. This has almost nothing to do with computers, but is a challenging and rewarding experience that I would not trade for anything.
My first assignment was to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, where I deployed to Afghanistan in 2013. The time I spent in Germany was fantastic, and I met so many great people! After returning from Afghanistan, I received orders to my next assignment: Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, where I currently reside. The area reminds me a lot of home, and is where I met my beautiful girlfriend, Jessica Hilliker!
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